| Each Member State shall be legally required to prepare a national risk assessment that outlines appropriate steps to identify, assess, understand and mitigate the risks of money laundering and terrorist financing affecting it. |
Yes. The coordination function shall:
continuously identify, map and analyse the risks and methods associated with money laundering and the financing of terrorism;
at least once every four years prepare, publish and present to the Government Offices a national risk assessment containing the analyses referred to in point 1;
update the national risk assessment when necessary;
(Art. 4 of Ordinance 2024:1367) |
| Member states shall be legally required to keep the national risk assessment up to date and review it at least every 4 years. |
Yes. The coordination function shall:
continuously identify, map and analyse the risks and methods associated with money laundering and the financing of terrorism;
at least once every four years prepare, publish and present to the Government Offices a national risk assessment containing the analyses referred to in point 1;
update the national risk assessment when necessary;
(Art. 4 of Ordinance 2024:1367) |
| Member states should legally designate an authority or mechanism to co-ordinate actions to assess risks. |
Yes. The coordination function shall:
continuously identify, map and analyse the risks and methods associated with money laundering and the financing of terrorism;
at least once every four years prepare, publish and present to the Government Offices a national risk assessment containing the analyses referred to in point 1;
update the national risk assessment when necessary;
(Art. 4 of Ordinance 2024:1367) |
| The following conduct, when committed intentionally, is punishable as a criminal offence: the conversion or transfer of property, knowing that such property is derived from criminal activity, for the purpose of concealing or disguising the illicit origin of the property or of assisting any person who is involved in the commission of such an activity to evade the legal consequences of that person’s action; |
Yes. A person is guilty of a money laundering offence if he or she, provided that
the measure is intended to conceal the fact that money or other property
derives from an offence or criminal activities or to promote the possibility of
someone appropriating the property or its value,
1. transfers, acquires, converts, stores or takes another such measure with
the property; or
2. supplies, acquires or draws up a document that can provide a seeming
explanation for the possession of the property, participates in transactions that
are carried out for the sake of appearances, acts as a front or takes another
such measure.
The penalty is imprisonment for at most two years.
(Section 3 of Act (2014:307) on Penalties for Money Laundering Offences) |
| The following conduct, when committed intentionally, is punishable as a criminal offence: the concealment or disguise of the true nature, source, location, disposition, movement, rights with respect to, or ownership of, property, knowing that such property is derived from criminal activity; |
Yes. A person is guilty of a money laundering offence if he or she, provided that
the measure is intended to conceal the fact that money or other property
derives from an offence or criminal activities or to promote the possibility of
someone appropriating the property or its value,
1. transfers, acquires, converts, stores or takes another such measure with
the property; or
2. supplies, acquires or draws up a document that can provide a seeming
explanation for the possession of the property, participates in transactions that
are carried out for the sake of appearances, acts as a front or takes another
such measure.
The penalty is imprisonment for at most two years.
(Section 3 of Act (2014:307) on Penalties for Money Laundering Offences) |
| The following conduct, when committed intentionally, is punishable as a criminal offence: the acquisition, possession or use of property, knowing at the time of receipt, that such property was derived from criminal activity. |
Yes. A person is guilty of a money laundering offence if he or she, provided that
the measure is intended to conceal the fact that money or other property
derives from an offence or criminal activities or to promote the possibility of
someone appropriating the property or its value,
1. transfers, acquires, converts, stores or takes another such measure with
the property; or
2. supplies, acquires or draws up a document that can provide a seeming
explanation for the possession of the property, participates in transactions that
are carried out for the sake of appearances, acts as a front or takes another
such measure.
The penalty is imprisonment for at most two years.
(Section 3 of Act (2014:307) on Penalties for Money Laundering Offences) |
| Aiding and abetting, inciting and attempting a money laundering offence is punishable as a criminal offence. |
Yes. Attempt, preparation or conspiracy to commit a money laundering offence, a
gross money laundering offence or non-petty commercial money laundering
is punishable in accordance with Chapter 23 of the Swedish Penal Code.
(Section 8 of Act (2014:307) on Penalties for Money Laundering Offences) |
| Money laundering offences are punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least four years. |
Yes. If an offence referred to in Section 3 or 4 is gross, the penalty shall be
imprisonment for at least six months and at most six years for a gross money
laundering offence.
In judging whether the offence is gross, particular attention shall be paid to
whether the act has concerned objects of substantial value, whether the
criminal measures have been part of criminal activities that have been
conducted systematically or extensively, or whether they have otherwise been
of a particularly dangerous nature.
(Section 5 of Act (2014:307) on Penalties for Money Laundering Offences) |
| A prior or simultaneous conviction for the criminal activity from which the property was derived is not a prerequisite for a conviction for money laundering offences |
Yes. A person is guilty of a money laundering offence if he or she, provided that
the measure is intended to conceal the fact that money or other property
derives from an offence or criminal activities or to promote the possibility of
someone appropriating the property or its value,
1. transfers, acquires, converts, stores or takes another such measure with
the property; or
2. supplies, acquires or draws up a document that can provide a seeming
explanation for the possession of the property, participates in transactions that
are carried out for the sake of appearances, acts as a front or takes another
such measure.
The penalty is imprisonment for at most two years.
(Section 3 of Act (2014:307) on Penalties for Money Laundering Offences) |
| A conviction for money laundering offences is possible where it is established that the property was derived from a criminal activity, without it being necessary to establish all the factual elements or all circumstances relating to that criminal activity, including the identity of the perpetrator; |
Yes. A person is guilty of a money laundering offence if he or she, provided that
the measure is intended to conceal the fact that money or other property
derives from an offence or criminal activities or to promote the possibility of
someone appropriating the property or its value,
1. transfers, acquires, converts, stores or takes another such measure with
the property; or
2. supplies, acquires or draws up a document that can provide a seeming
explanation for the possession of the property, participates in transactions that
are carried out for the sake of appearances, acts as a front or takes another
such measure.
The penalty is imprisonment for at most two years.
(Section 3 of Act (2014:307) on Penalties for Money Laundering Offences) |
| Legal persons can be held liable for the breaches of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 or Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 committed on their behalf or for their benefit by any person, acting individually or as part of a body of that legal person and having a leading position within that legal person, based on any of the following: a power to represent the legal person; an authority to take decisions on behalf of the legal person; an authority to exercise control within the legal person. |
Yes. Upon application by a public
prosecutor, a corporate fine is
imposed on a company for an
offence if a more severe penalty
than a fixed fine is provided for
the offence and the offence was
committed in the exercise of:
1. business activities;
2. public activities that can be
equated with business activities;
or
3. other activities conducted
by a company, if the offence was
liable to lead to financial
advantage for the company.
The imposition of a corporate
fine on the company also
requires that:
1. the company did not do
what could reasonably be
required to prevent the offence;
or
2. the offence was committed
by:
a) a person with a leading
position in the company based
on a power of representation of
the company or to take decisions
on its behalf; or
b) a person who otherwise
had particular responsibility for
supervision or control of the
activities.
(Chapter 36, Section 7 of the Criminal Code of Sweden) |
| Legal persons can be held liable where the lack of supervision or control has made possible the commission of any money laundering offences for the benefit of that legal person by a person under its authority. |
Yes. Upon application by a public
prosecutor, a corporate fine is
imposed on a company for an
offence if a more severe penalty
than a fixed fine is provided for
the offence and the offence was
committed in the exercise of:
1. business activities;
2. public activities that can be
equated with business activities;
or
3. other activities conducted
by a company, if the offence was
liable to lead to financial
advantage for the company.
The imposition of a corporate
fine on the company also
requires that:
1. the company did not do
what could reasonably be
required to prevent the offence;
or
2. the offence was committed
by:
a) a person with a leading
position in the company based
on a power of representation of
the company or to take decisions
on its behalf; or
b) a person who otherwise
had particular responsibility for
supervision or control of the
activities.
(Chapter 36, Section 7 of the Criminal Code of Sweden) |
| Legal persons held liable are punishable by criminal or non-criminal fines. |
Yes. Upon application by a public
prosecutor, a corporate fine is
imposed on a company for an
offence if a more severe penalty
than a fixed fine is provided for
the offence and the offence was
committed in the exercise of:
1. business activities;
2. public activities that can be
equated with business activities;
or
3. other activities conducted
by a company, if the offence was
liable to lead to financial
advantage for the company.
The imposition of a corporate
fine on the company also
requires that:
1. the company did not do
what could reasonably be
required to prevent the offence;
or
2. the offence was committed
by:
a) a person with a leading
position in the company based
on a power of representation of
the company or to take decisions
on its behalf; or
b) a person who otherwise
had particular responsibility for
supervision or control of the
activities.
(Chapter 36, Section 7 of the Criminal Code of Sweden) |
| Legal persons held liable are punishable by other sanctions, such as: exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid; temporary or permanent exclusion from access to public funding, including tender procedures, grants and concessions; temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of commercial activities; placing under judicial supervision; a judicial winding-up order; temporary or permanent closure of establishments which have been used for committing the offence. |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
| In the event of a breach of Regulations (EU) 2024/1624 and (EU) 2023/1113, where obligations apply to legal persons, pecuniary sanctions can be imposed and administrative measures can be applied not only to the legal person, but also to the senior management and to other natural persons who under national law are responsible for the breach. |
Yes. Section 11 In the event of a violation referred to in Section 10, the supervisory authority may intervene against an operator by issuing an order to make corrections or, in the case of violations that are not minor, by deciding to impose a penalty fee.
If the operator is a natural person, a penalty fee pursuant to the first paragraph may only be imposed if the violation is serious, repeated or systematic and the person in question caused the violation intentionally or through gross negligence.
If the violation is serious, repeated or systematic, the supervisory authority may order the operator to cease operations.
Section 12 If the operator is a legal person, the supervisory authority may also intervene against someone who is a member of the operator's board of directors, is its managing director or in a similar manner represents the operator, or is a substitute for any of them, if the operator has been found liable for an infringement referred to in Section 10.
An intervention may only take place if the operator's violation is serious, repeated or systematic and the person in question caused the violation intentionally or through gross negligence.
Intervention takes place through
1. a decision that the person in question may not maintain a function referred to in the first paragraph for a certain period of time, at least three years and at most ten years, with the operator specified in Section 1, first paragraph, or
2. a decision on a sanction fee.
(Chapter 7, Sections 11-12 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing
) |
| Pecuniary sanctions shall be imposed on obliged entities for serious, repeated or systematic breaches, whether committed intentionally or negligently, of the requirements laid down in the following provisions of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624: Chapter II (Internal policies, procedures and controls of obliged entities); Chapter III (Customer due diligence); Chapter V (Reporting obligations); Article 77 (Record retention). |
Yes. Section 11 In the event of a violation referred to in Section 10, the supervisory authority may intervene against an operator by issuing an order to make corrections or, in the case of violations that are not minor, by deciding to impose a penalty fee.
If the operator is a natural person, a penalty fee pursuant to the first paragraph may only be imposed if the violation is serious, repeated or systematic and the person in question caused the violation intentionally or through gross negligence.
If the violation is serious, repeated or systematic, the supervisory authority may order the operator to cease operations.
Section 12 If the operator is a legal person, the supervisory authority may also intervene against someone who is a member of the operator's board of directors, is its managing director or in a similar manner represents the operator, or is a substitute for any of them, if the operator has been found liable for an infringement referred to in Section 10.
An intervention may only take place if the operator's violation is serious, repeated or systematic and the person in question caused the violation intentionally or through gross negligence.
Intervention takes place through
1. a decision that the person in question may not maintain a function referred to in the first paragraph for a certain period of time, at least three years and at most ten years, with the operator specified in Section 1, first paragraph, or
2. a decision on a sanction fee.
(Chapter 7, Sections 11-12 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing
) |
| Supervisors are able to apply administrative measures to an obliged entity, where they identify: breaches of Regulation (EU) 2024/1624 or Regulation (EU) 2023/1113, either in combination with pecuniary sanctions for serious, repeated and systematic breaches, or on their own; weaknesses in the internal policies, procedures and controls of the obliged entity that are likely to result in breaches of the requirements; that the obliged entity has internal policies, procedures and controls that are not commensurate with the risks of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing to which the entity is exposed. |
Yes. Section 11 In the event of a violation referred to in Section 10, the supervisory authority may intervene against an operator by issuing an order to make corrections or, in the case of violations that are not minor, by deciding to impose a penalty fee.
If the operator is a natural person, a penalty fee pursuant to the first paragraph may only be imposed if the violation is serious, repeated or systematic and the person in question caused the violation intentionally or through gross negligence.
If the violation is serious, repeated or systematic, the supervisory authority may order the operator to cease operations.
Section 12 If the operator is a legal person, the supervisory authority may also intervene against someone who is a member of the operator's board of directors, is its managing director or in a similar manner represents the operator, or is a substitute for any of them, if the operator has been found liable for an infringement referred to in Section 10.
An intervention may only take place if the operator's violation is serious, repeated or systematic and the person in question caused the violation intentionally or through gross negligence.
Intervention takes place through
1. a decision that the person in question may not maintain a function referred to in the first paragraph for a certain period of time, at least three years and at most ten years, with the operator specified in Section 1, first paragraph, or
2. a decision on a sanction fee.
(Chapter 7, Sections 11-12 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing
) |
| Where obliged entities fail to comply with administrative measures applied by the supervisor within the applicable deadlines, supervisors are able to impose periodic penalty payments in order to compel compliance with those administrative measures. |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
| Supervisors are required to publish on their website, in an accessible format, decisions imposing pecuniary sanctions, applying administrative measures or imposing periodic penalty payments. |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
Beneficial ownership of legal persons and legal arrangements |
| Beneficial ownership information must be held in a central register in the Member State where the legal entity is created or where the trustee of an express trust or person holding an equivalent position in a similar legal arrangement is established or resides, or from where the legal arrangement is administered. |
Yes. The Swedish Companies Registration Office shall keep a register of beneficial owners and other information reported in accordance with this Act.
(Chapter 3, section 1, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| Member States shall ensure that the entities in charge of the central registers are empowered to request from legal entities, trustees of any express trust and persons holding an equivalent position in a similar legal arrangement, and their legal and beneficial owners, any information necessary to identify and verify their beneficial owners, including resolutions of the board of directors and minutes of their meetings, partnership agreements, trust deeds, power of attorney or other contractual agreements and documentation. |
Yes. If the person who has made a notification of registration does not comply with the requirements that apply to a notification, the Swedish Companies Registration Office may order the legal person to comment on the matter or correct the deficiency within a certain period of time.
If the person who has made the notification does not comply with an order pursuant to the first paragraph, registration may be refused.
(Chapter 3, section 2, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| Where no person is identified as the beneficial owner, the central register shall include:
(a) a statement that there is no beneficial owner or that the beneficial owners could not be determined, accompanied by a corresponding justification
(b) the details of all natural persons who hold the position of senior managing officials in the legal entity equivalent to the following information: all names and surnames, place and full date of birth, residential address, country of residence and nationality or nationalities of the beneficial owner, number of identity document, such as passport or national identity document, and, where it exists, unique personal identification number assigned to the person by his or her country of usual residence, and general description of the source of such number |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
| Entities in charge of the central registers are required to verify, within a reasonable time upon submission of the beneficial ownership information, and on a regular basis thereafter, that such information is adequate, accurate and up to date. |
Yes. If the person who has made a notification of registration does not comply with the requirements that apply to a notification, the Swedish Companies Registration Office may order the legal person to comment on the matter or correct the deficiency within a certain period of time.
If the person who has made the notification does not comply with an order pursuant to the first paragraph, registration may be refused.
(Chapter 3, section 2, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| Competent authorities, if appropriate and to the extent that such requirement does not interfere unnecessarily with their functions, are required to report to the entities in charge of the central registers any discrepancies they find between information available in the central registers and the information available to them. |
Yes. The operators and authorities that use the register shall notify the Swedish Companies Registration Office if there is reason to suspect that the information in the register is incorrect. Law enforcement authorities that use the register shall make such a notification when it is possible to do so with regard to the investigation of a crime.
A notification pursuant to the first paragraph shall also be made if a legal person subject to registration has not made a notification within the period specified in Chapter 2, Section 3 or 4.
(Chapter 3, section 5, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| The information contained in the central registers must include any change to the beneficial ownership of legal entities and legal arrangements and to nominee arrangements, following their first recording in the central register. |
Yes. A legal person shall report the information pursuant to Section 1, first paragraph, to the Swedish Companies Registration Office for registration in the register of beneficial owners.
A notification must be made
1. at the same time as the legal entity applies for registration, if the Swedish Companies Registration Office is the competent registration authority, or
2. no later than four weeks from the date the legal entity has been registered by another competent registration authority.
When a reported condition changes, the legal entity shall report the change for registration. The report shall be made without delay after the legal entity has become aware of the changed condition. Act (2022:1539) .
(Chapter 2, Section 3, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| The entity in charge of the central register is empowered, whether directly or by application to another authority, including judicial authorities, to carry out checks, including on-site inspections at the business premises or registered office of legal entities, in order to establish the current beneficial ownership of the entity and to verify that the information submitted to the central register is accurate, adequate and up-to-date. |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
| Where verification leads an entity in charge of a central register to conclude that there are inconsistencies or errors in the beneficial ownership information, the entity in charge of a central register is able to withhold or refuse to issue a valid certificate of proof of registration, or to suspend the validity of an existing certification of proof of registration. |
Yes. Section 4 If it can be assumed that information in a registration notification or in the register of beneficial owners is incorrect, the Swedish Companies Registration Office may order the legal person to correct the information or to demonstrate that it is not incorrect.
If the order is not complied with, the Swedish Companies Registration Office may decide that the information shall not be registered or that the information shall be removed from the register and order the legal entity to submit a new notification. Law (2019:736) .
(Chapter 3, Section 4, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| The entity in charge of the central register is empowered to, whether directly or by application to another authority, including judicial authorities, apply effective, proportionate and dissuasive measures or impose such pecuniary sanctions for failures, including of a repeated nature, to provide the central register with accurate, adequate and up-to-date information about their beneficial ownership. |
Yes. Section 6 If a legal person does not comply with an order pursuant to Section 2, 3 or 4, the Swedish Companies Registration Office may, subject to a fine, order the legal person or the managing director, a board member or another corresponding executive to make a report or submit information that the legal person is obliged to submit pursuant to this Act within a certain period of time.
Section 7 If a legal person does not disclose documentation to an authority pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 2, first paragraph, the Swedish Companies Registration Office shall, at the request of the authority, order the legal person, the managing director, a board member or a corresponding executive to disclose the documentation, subject to a fine.
If a beneficial owner does not provide information in accordance with Chapter 2, Section 2, third paragraph, the Swedish Companies Registration Office may, at the request of the legal person, order the beneficial owner to provide the information under penalty of a fine. Law (2019:736) .
(Chapter 3, Sections 6 and 7, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| Competent authorities have immediate, unfiltered, direct and free access to the information held in the interconnected central registers without alerting the legal entity or legal arrangement concerned. These competent authorities include: self-regulatory bodies in the performance of supervisory functions of AML rules; tax authorities; national authorities with designated responsibilities for the implementation of Union restrictive measures; AMLA for the purposes of joint analyses; EPPO; OLAF; Europol and Eurojust when providing operational support to the competent authorities of Member States. |
Yes. Registration Office shall provide immediate and unrestricted access to the information in the register for the authorities, foreign bodies and Swedish and foreign self-regulatory bodies and for the purposes referred to in Article 11(2) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 2024 on mechanisms to be put in place by Member States to prevent the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and amending and repealing Directive (EU) 2015/849, in the original wording. Law (2026:316) .
(Chapter 3, Section 9c, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| Beneficial ownership information held in central registers may be made available to obliged entities upon payment of a fee, which shall be limited to what is strictly necessary to cover the costs of ensuring the quality of the information held in the central registers and of making the information available. Those fees shall be established in such a way as not to undermine effective access to the information held in the central registers. |
Yes. The Swedish Companies Registration Office may disclose information from the register electronically to business operators who take customer due diligence measures.
(Chapter 3, Section 9d, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| Any natural or legal person that can demonstrate a legitimate interest in the prevention and combating of money laundering, its predicate offences and terrorist financing has access to the following information on beneficial owners of legal entities and legal arrangements held in the interconnected central registers, without alerting the legal entity or legal arrangement concerned:
the name of the beneficial owner; the month and year of birth of the beneficial owner; the country of residence and nationality or nationalities of the beneficial owner; for beneficial owners of legal entities, the nature and extent of the beneficial interest held; for beneficial owners of express trusts or similar legal arrangements, the nature of the beneficial interest. |
Yes. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE THIS YEAR:Registration Office shall grant that information from the register is disclosed electronically in a manner other than through direct access to those who have a legitimate interest in the information and who are referred to in the first paragraph of Article 12(2) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording, and to others who have such an interest pursuant to the second paragraph of the same article and who are either stated in a regulation issued in connection with this Act or who the Swedish Companies Registration Office, after an assessment in the individual case, considers to have such an interest. This applies to information about
1. the name, month of birth, year of birth, country of residence and citizenship of a beneficial owner, and
2. the nature and extent of a beneficial owner's interest in a legal person or a trust.
The Swedish Companies Registration Office shall also grant electronic disclosure of information pursuant to the first paragraph for a maximum of five years back in time regarding a legal person or trust and descriptions of control and ownership structures of such a person, if the person requesting the information has a legitimate interest pursuant to Article 12(2), first paragraph, point (a), (b) or (e) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording.
A legitimate interest shall be determined taking into account the applicant's
1. profession or position, and
2. connection to the legal person or trust whose information is requested, if the applicant is not a person referred to in Article 12(2), first subparagraph, points (a) and (b) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in its original wording. Act (2026:316) .
(Chapter 3, Section 9e, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| The following natural or legal persons shall be deemed to have a legitimate interest to access the information listed above: persons acting for the purpose of journalism, reporting or any other form of expression in the media, that are connected with the prevention or combating of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; |
Yes. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE THIS YEAR:Registration Office shall grant that information from the register is disclosed electronically in a manner other than through direct access to those who have a legitimate interest in the information and who are referred to in the first paragraph of Article 12(2) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording, and to others who have such an interest pursuant to the second paragraph of the same article and who are either stated in a regulation issued in connection with this Act or who the Swedish Companies Registration Office, after an assessment in the individual case, considers to have such an interest. This applies to information about
1. the name, month of birth, year of birth, country of residence and citizenship of a beneficial owner, and
2. the nature and extent of a beneficial owner's interest in a legal person or a trust.
The Swedish Companies Registration Office shall also grant electronic disclosure of information pursuant to the first paragraph for a maximum of five years back in time regarding a legal person or trust and descriptions of control and ownership structures of such a person, if the person requesting the information has a legitimate interest pursuant to Article 12(2), first paragraph, point (a), (b) or (e) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording.
A legitimate interest shall be determined taking into account the applicant's
1. profession or position, and
2. connection to the legal person or trust whose information is requested, if the applicant is not a person referred to in Article 12(2), first subparagraph, points (a) and (b) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in its original wording. Act (2026:316) .
(Chapter 3, Section 9e, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| The following natural or legal persons shall be deemed to have a legitimate interest to access the information listed above: civil society organisations, including non-governmental organisations and academia, that are connected with the prevention or combating of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; |
Yes. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE THIS YEAR:Registration Office shall grant that information from the register is disclosed electronically in a manner other than through direct access to those who have a legitimate interest in the information and who are referred to in the first paragraph of Article 12(2) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording, and to others who have such an interest pursuant to the second paragraph of the same article and who are either stated in a regulation issued in connection with this Act or who the Swedish Companies Registration Office, after an assessment in the individual case, considers to have such an interest. This applies to information about
1. the name, month of birth, year of birth, country of residence and citizenship of a beneficial owner, and
2. the nature and extent of a beneficial owner's interest in a legal person or a trust.
The Swedish Companies Registration Office shall also grant electronic disclosure of information pursuant to the first paragraph for a maximum of five years back in time regarding a legal person or trust and descriptions of control and ownership structures of such a person, if the person requesting the information has a legitimate interest pursuant to Article 12(2), first paragraph, point (a), (b) or (e) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording.
A legitimate interest shall be determined taking into account the applicant's
1. profession or position, and
2. connection to the legal person or trust whose information is requested, if the applicant is not a person referred to in Article 12(2), first subparagraph, points (a) and (b) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in its original wording. Act (2026:316) .
(Chapter 3, Section 9e, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| The following natural or legal persons shall be deemed to have a legitimate interest to access the information listed above: natural or legal persons likely to enter into a transaction with a legal entity or legal arrangement and who wish to prevent any link between such a transaction and money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; |
Yes. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE THIS YEAR:Registration Office shall grant that information from the register is disclosed electronically in a manner other than through direct access to those who have a legitimate interest in the information and who are referred to in the first paragraph of Article 12(2) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording, and to others who have such an interest pursuant to the second paragraph of the same article and who are either stated in a regulation issued in connection with this Act or who the Swedish Companies Registration Office, after an assessment in the individual case, considers to have such an interest. This applies to information about
1. the name, month of birth, year of birth, country of residence and citizenship of a beneficial owner, and
2. the nature and extent of a beneficial owner's interest in a legal person or a trust.
The Swedish Companies Registration Office shall also grant electronic disclosure of information pursuant to the first paragraph for a maximum of five years back in time regarding a legal person or trust and descriptions of control and ownership structures of such a person, if the person requesting the information has a legitimate interest pursuant to Article 12(2), first paragraph, point (a), (b) or (e) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording.
A legitimate interest shall be determined taking into account the applicant's
1. profession or position, and
2. connection to the legal person or trust whose information is requested, if the applicant is not a person referred to in Article 12(2), first subparagraph, points (a) and (b) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in its original wording. Act (2026:316) .
(Chapter 3, Section 9e, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| The following natural or legal persons shall be deemed to have a legitimate interest to access the information listed above: Member States’ public authorities in the context of public procurement procedures, in respect of the tenderers and operators being awarded the contract under the public procurement procedure; |
Yes. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE THIS YEAR:Registration Office shall grant that information from the register is disclosed electronically in a manner other than through direct access to those who have a legitimate interest in the information and who are referred to in the first paragraph of Article 12(2) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording, and to others who have such an interest pursuant to the second paragraph of the same article and who are either stated in a regulation issued in connection with this Act or who the Swedish Companies Registration Office, after an assessment in the individual case, considers to have such an interest. This applies to information about
1. the name, month of birth, year of birth, country of residence and citizenship of a beneficial owner, and
2. the nature and extent of a beneficial owner's interest in a legal person or a trust.
The Swedish Companies Registration Office shall also grant electronic disclosure of information pursuant to the first paragraph for a maximum of five years back in time regarding a legal person or trust and descriptions of control and ownership structures of such a person, if the person requesting the information has a legitimate interest pursuant to Article 12(2), first paragraph, point (a), (b) or (e) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording.
A legitimate interest shall be determined taking into account the applicant's
1. profession or position, and
2. connection to the legal person or trust whose information is requested, if the applicant is not a person referred to in Article 12(2), first subparagraph, points (a) and (b) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in its original wording. Act (2026:316) .
(Chapter 3, Section 9e, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| Member States shall ensure that the information provided by central registers does not lead to the identification of any person consulting the register where such persons are: persons acting for the purpose of journalism, reporting or any other form of expression in the media, that are connected with the prevention or combating of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
| Member States shall ensure that the information provided by central registers does not lead to the identification of any person consulting the register where such persons are: civil society organisations that are connected with the prevention or combating of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing. |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
| Where entities in charge of central registers decide to grant access to beneficial ownership information, they shall issue a certificate granting access for 3 years. Entities in charge of central registers shall respond to any subsequent request to access beneficial ownership information by the same person within 7 working days. |
No. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE THIS YEAR: Section 9 f /Enters into force I:2026-07-01/ The Swedish Companies Registration Office shall issue a certificate of the legitimate interest to anyone who has a legitimate interest pursuant to Section 9 e. Law (2026:316) .
/Title enters into force on: 2026-07-01/
The certificate is valid for three years from the date of issue.
Section 9 g /Enters into force I:2026-07-01/ If a person who has a certificate of legitimate interest requests to receive information electronically other than the information requested when the certificate was issued, the Swedish Companies Registration Office shall not reconsider its previous assessment of the person's profession or position during the review. Act (2026:316) .
Section 9 h /Enters into force I:2026-07-01/ A certificate of legitimate interest that has been issued in another country within the EEA shall be recognized if the interest is one that is also considered legitimate under Swedish law. Act (2026:316) .
(Chapter 3, Section 9f-9h, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| Member States shall ensure that entities in charge of central registers shall only refuse a request to access beneficial ownership information on one of the following grounds: the applicant has not provided the necessary information or documents pursuant to paragraph 1; a legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information has not been demonstrated; where on the basis of information in its possession, the entity in charge of the central register has a reasonable concern that the information will not be used for the purposes for which it was requested or that the information will be used for purposes that are not connected to the prevention of money laundering, its predicate offences or terrorist financing; one or more of the situations referred to in Article 15 applies; the legitimate interest to access beneficial ownership information granted by the central register of another Member State does not extend to the purposes for which the information is sought; where the applicant is in a third country and responding to the request to access information would not comply with the provisions of Chapter V of Regulation (EU) 2016/679. |
No. THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS WILL ENTER INTO FORCE THIS YEAR:Registration Office shall grant that information from the register is disclosed electronically in a manner other than through direct access to those who have a legitimate interest in the information and who are referred to in the first paragraph of Article 12(2) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording, and to others who have such an interest pursuant to the second paragraph of the same article and who are either stated in a regulation issued in connection with this Act or who the Swedish Companies Registration Office, after an assessment in the individual case, considers to have such an interest. This applies to information about
1. the name, month of birth, year of birth, country of residence and citizenship of a beneficial owner, and
2. the nature and extent of a beneficial owner's interest in a legal person or a trust.
The Swedish Companies Registration Office shall also grant electronic disclosure of information pursuant to the first paragraph for a maximum of five years back in time regarding a legal person or trust and descriptions of control and ownership structures of such a person, if the person requesting the information has a legitimate interest pursuant to Article 12(2), first paragraph, point (a), (b) or (e) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in the original wording.
A legitimate interest shall be determined taking into account the applicant's
1. profession or position, and
2. connection to the legal person or trust whose information is requested, if the applicant is not a person referred to in Article 12(2), first subparagraph, points (a) and (b) of Directive (EU) 2024/1640 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in its original wording. Act (2026:316) .
(Chapter 3, Section 9e, Act (2017:631) on the registration of beneficial owners) |
| In exceptional circumstances to be laid down in national law, where the access to beneficial ownership information would expose the beneficial owner to disproportionate risk of fraud, kidnapping, blackmail, extortion, harassment, violence or intimidation, or where the beneficial owner is a minor or otherwise legally incapable, Member States shall provide for an exemption from such access to all or part of the personal information on the beneficial owner. Member States shall ensure that such exemptions are granted on a case-by-case basis upon a detailed evaluation of the exceptional nature of the circumstances and confirmation that those disproportionate risks exist. The right to an administrative review of the decision granting an exemption and the right to an effective judicial remedy shall be guaranteed. |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
| Each Member State shall ensure that all obliged entities established in its territory are subject to adequate and effective supervision. To that end, each Member State shall appoint one or more supervisors to monitor effectively, and to take the measures necessary to ensure compliance by the obliged entities with Regulations (EU) 2024/1624 and (EU) 2023/1113. |
Yes. Section 1 This chapter applies to supervision of and interventions against activities referred to in Chapter 1, Section 2, first paragraph, paragraphs 16, 19, 20 and 22-24. The Government may, with the support of Chapter 8, Section 7 of the Instrument of Government, issue regulations on which authorities exercise supervision pursuant to this chapter.
(Chapter 7, Section 1 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) |
| Each Member State shall establish an FIU in order to prevent, detect and effectively combat money laundering and terrorist financing. |
Yes. Section 5 For the purposes of Article 32(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering or terrorist financing, amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directive 2006/70/EC, in its original version, and of Article 55(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010, the Police Authority is the Financial Intelligence Unit.
(Chapter 4, Section 5 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) |
| The FIU as the central national unit shall be responsible for receiving and analysing suspicious transaction reports and other information relevant to money laundering, associated predicate offences or terrorist financing. |
Yes. If a supervisory authority, during an inspection or otherwise, has discovered a circumstance that may be assumed to be related to or constitute money laundering or terrorist financing, the authority shall notify the Police Authority thereof without delay.
Such notification shall also be made by other authorities that, in their operations, discover circumstances referred to in the first paragraph in connection with their handling of cash, unless this is prevented by confidentiality under the Public Access and Secrecy Act (2009:400).
(Chapter 4, Section 4 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) |
| The FIU shall be responsible for disseminating the results of its analyses and any additional relevant information to the competent authorities where there are grounds to suspect money laundering, associated predicate offences or terrorist financing. |
Yes. he police authority shall, where possible, provide appropriate feedback to
1. operators on the effectiveness and follow-up of reports pursuant to Section 3, and
2. clearing companies on the effectiveness and follow-up of reports pursuant to Section 3 a.
(Chapter 4, Section 3 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) |
| The FIU shall be operationally independent and autonomous, which means that the FIU shall have the authority and capacity to carry out its functions freely, including the ability to take autonomous decisions to analyse, request and disseminate specific information. It shall be free from any undue political, government or industry influence or interference. |
No. The Police operates under the authority of the Ministry of Justice
(Chapter 4, Section 5 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) |
| The FIU, regardless of their organisational status, is authorised to have access to the information that they require to fulfil their tasks, including financial, administrative and law enforcement information. |
Yes. Section 6 The following natural or legal persons shall, upon request by the Police Authority or the Security Service, without delay provide all information necessary for an investigation into money laundering or terrorist financing:
1. an operator,
2. a clearing house,
3. a person who provides financial infrastructure relating to immediate payments, and
4. a person who conducts or has conducted fundraising for humanitarian, charitable, cultural or other public benefit purposes.
(Chapter 4, Section 6 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) |
| FIUs are empowered to take urgent action, directly or indirectly, where there is a suspicion that a transaction is related to money laundering or terrorist financing, to suspend or withhold consent to that transaction. |
Yes. If there is reason to suspect that property in the form of money, a claim or any other right is subject to money laundering or intended for the financing of terrorism and the property is in the possession of an operator, the Police Authority or the Security Service may decide that the property or a corresponding value may not be moved or otherwise disposed of until further notice (prohibition of disposal).
A decision to prohibit disposal may only be issued if there is a danger of delay and it can reasonably be feared that the property will otherwise be disposed of and the reasons for the measure outweigh the infringement or other harm that it entails.
If the conditions according to the first and second paragraphs are met, the Police Authority may decide on a prohibition on disposal even at the request of a foreign financial intelligence unit.
(Chapter 4, Section 11 of Act (2017:630) on measures against money laundering and terrorist financing) |
Mutual legal assistance (MLA) and International Cooperation |
| Member States shall ensure that the FIU to whom the request is made is legally required to use the whole range of its available powers which it would normally use domestically for receiving and analysing information when it replies to a request for information from another FIU. |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
| Member States shall ensure that FIUs are legally required to exchange, spontaneously or upon request, any information that may be relevant for the processing or analysis of information by the FIU related to money laundering, its predicate offences, or terrorist financing, and the natural or legal person involved, regardless of the type of predicate offences that may be involved, and even if the type of predicate offences that may be involved is not identified at the time of the exchange. |
No. Absent from legal framework
(Absent from legal framework) |
Sweden
46(72) Political Financing 
12(57) Financial Disclosure 
23(49) Conflict of Interest 
39(59) Freedom of Information 
50(63) Public Procurement 
73(66) Anti Money Laundering 
80(71) Asset Recovery